[Pen/Pencil Review] Zebra R-301 Rollerball Pen
The Zebra R-301 Arrow Tip rollerball pen was on sale at Office Depot this weekend, so I picked one up to try – needing something to review this week. I tagged along with my husband who needed adhesive dots for the FenCon Art Show packets (like I wouldn’t go to an office supply place – […]
[Pen Review] The Seven Year Pen by Sustainable Seltzer Products
About a year ago I ordered a pen from Sustainable Seltzer Products, The Seven Year Pen in the “Need Coffee” motif. Why would I do this when I’ve said often that ball point pens are my least favorite ink pen? 1) I was curious about a pen that boasts it can last for 7 years, […]
[Writer Blog] Series Books vs. Sequence Books
Last week I read Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore. For a reader of any age who enjoys smart and funny paranormal romance (think more ghosts and demons rather than vampires) I highly recommend Rosemary. When it comes to vampires – you can’t go wrong with Rachel Caine. Both authors are “Young Adult” but (as any […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] A Look at Ink
I’ve drawn a complete blank today where it’s come to this week’s pen-related review. I had a couple of notions that dried up, asked on Facebook. My uncle suggested a blog on refills. I wish I could do one as good as the one in the current issue of PENWORLD. There’s a big rollerball refill […]
[Writer Post] Captain America and Cowboys & Aliens
I go to movies for the same reason I read fiction – to be entertained and to escape the heat or stress or whatever is happening at the time. I don’t necessarily go ready to pick apart the movie and hate it on sight. This is particularly true of Summer Blockbuster movies which I expect […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Pilot HI-TEC-C Cavalier
My husband reminded me that I’ve never reviewed the Pilot HI-TEC-C Cavalier he gave me for some gift-giving holiday. He knows I like fine point rollerball pens – and the finer the point the better. The HI-TEC-C Cavalier is Pilot’s higher end, refillable “executive” HI-TEC-C pens. The HI-TEC-C Cavalier is 5.25″ capped and 5.75″ with […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Skull and Roses Novelty Stationary Set from Michaels
For those who know my fiction-writing don’t need any explanation for why this novelty set caught my eye at Michaels. I write Death in The Four Redheads of the Apocalypse series from Yard Dog Press. So cheap skull and roses stationary pieces for 99¢ a piece made me giggle. I’ll be sporting my new “gear” […]
[Book Review] ROBOPOCALYPSE by Daniel H. Wilson via SFSIGNAL
About three weeks before I started working for John DeNardo at SFSIgnal, I won a copy of Daniel H. Wilson‘s Robopocalypse. It took me a few weeks to get to reading it due to deadlines, conventions, and another book in my queue. In that time, Robopocalypse seemed to be everywhere. I wasn’t sure I was […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The TomBow Zoom 505sh 0.5mm Mechanical Pencil
The Tom Bow Zoom 505sh is the matching pencil to my previously reviewed 505bw rollerball. I had a review written about this pencil back when I first received it, but it went…somewhere. And now I’m kind of glad about that, it’s given me a chance to revisit the review. The first thing I did with […]